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Constitution 
Organised November 15,1906 



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President 
Mrs. Jane Jesup Nicholson 

Vice-Presidents 

Mrs. Rose McHenry Brackett 

Mrs. Kate Kearny Henry 

Mrs. Sanders Johnston 

Recording Secretary 
Mrs. Caroline Jewett Wood 

Corresponding Secretary 



Registrar 
Mrs. Noble Newport Potts 

Treasurer 
Miss Josephine C. Webster 

Historian 
Miss Mary A. Ren n olds 

Honorary Members 

Miss Margaret Worth 

Mrs. Alexander Perry 

Gen. H. G. Gibson. U. S. A. 

Col. Augusti s Nicholson. U. S. M. 



Balch, Miss Grace, 

1812 H Street, N. W. 

Bascome, Mrs. Western (Ellen Kearny), 
3759 Westminster Place, St. Louis, Mo. 

Blair. ~Mrs. John S. (Ellen Abert), 
1820 I St., N. W. 

Brackett. Mrs. A. G. (Rose McHenrv), 
1726 Q Street, N. W. 

Burleson, Mrs. Albert Sidney ( Adele Steiner), 

Care of Hon. Albert Sidney Burleson, 

M. C., The Burleson Place, Austin, Tex. 

Campbell, Mrs. Lafayette E. (Margaret Dent), 
950 Logan Avenue, Denver, Colo. 

Denny, Mrs. Frank Lee (Julia Palmer), 

Care of Col. Frank Lee Denny, Headquar- 
ters U. S. M. C, Washington, D. C. 

Edmondston, Mrs. J. E. (Madeline Hunter), 
1500 Massachusetts Avenue. 

Getchell, Mrs. Frank Horace (Frederica C. 
Twiggs), 

1432 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Haskins, Mrs. Virginia Russell, 

434 South 42d St., West Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hare, Mrs. Silas, 

The Cecil, 15th Street, N. W. 

?Tenry. Mrs. Kate Kearny, 
2021 I Street, N. W. 

Iglehart, Mrs. J. D. (Monterev Watson), 
210 West Lanvale Street, Baltimore, Md. 

Jenkins. Miss Alice Thornton, 
902 23d Street, N. W. 



Jesup, Miss Julia Clark, 

Care of Mrs. Janin, 12 Lafayette Square. 

Johnson, Mrs. A. E. M. 
1372 Harvard Street. * 

Johnston, Mrs. Sanders, (Sarah Hall), 
1842 15th Street, N. W. 

Jones, Miss Virginia Byrd, 
1705 De Sales Street. 

Matteson, Mrs. Frederick W. (Mary 
Skerrett), 
3838 Woodley Lane. 

IMcCandlish, Mrs. Howard S. (Florence S.), 
1906 18th Street, N. W. 

Miller, Miss Catharine de Navarre, 
827 Clarkson Street, Denver, Colo. 

Millsaps, Mrs. Jefferson H. (Margaret Van 
Renssalaer)^ 
1321 Columbia Road. 

Milne, Mrs. David (Margaret Skerrett), 

Roslvn Manor, School Lane, Germantown. 
Pa. 

Mitchell, Mrs. John S. (Sara Patterson 
Snowden), 
The Gladstone, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Nichols, Mrs. William A. (Elizabeth B. 
Miller), 
Care Lt. Col. W. A. Nichols, U. S. A., 
War Dept. 

Nicholson, Mrs. Augustus (Jane Jesup), 
1718 N Street, N. W. 

Oliphant, Mrs. Hughes (Henrietta Alar- 
garet Drum), 
Drummond, Md. 



Pavxr, Mrs. Wm. S. (Columbia M.), 
1503 Rhode Island Avenue. 

Phillips, Mrs. A. Lincoln (Kate Anna 
Nagle), 

Conshohocken, Pa. 

Potts, Mrs. Noble Newport (Cornelia Ross 
Potts), 

1132 New Hampshire Avenue. 

Potts, Mrs. Richard C. (Cornelia Rebecca 
Kimberly), 

1132 New Hampshire Avenue. 

Rennolds, Miss Mary Alice, 

The Baltimore, 1832 Biltmore Street. 

Strong, Mrs. Mary Dallas 
700 20th Street, N. W. 

Thom, Mrs. J. Pembroke (Catharine), 
828 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 

Walworth, Mrs. Ellen Hardin, 
Glencarlyn, Virginia. 

Webster, Miss Josephine C, 
The Concord. 

Wheaton, Mrs. Frank (]\Iaria Bleecker 
Miller), 
827 Clarkson Street, Denver, Colo. 

Wills, Mrs. Davis Bowles (Edith Skerrett), 
Care of Capt. D. B. Wills, U. S. M. C. 
U. S. M. C. Headquarters, Washington, 
D. C. 

Wood. Mrs. Caroline Jewett, 
233 8th Street, N. E. 



Additions 

Hazzard, Miss I.^argaretta !• , 
Thu I.enox, L SU , M. W. 

yarc].e.r:t, ?'*ri. Loi^isa J,, 
Nerb u i '^'p o r t , ! !a s s . 

Ni chol 30 n , Vr s . May SI a c V , 
1830 Oropron Ave., N. W. 

Reoven, !'^ir>s Fannie I.., 
730 22d St., M. W. 

Reoves, Mrs. Mary £. > 

Snyder, Miss Phyllis, 
1317 19th St., N. W. 

Sutherland, Kins Caroline, 
The Vonttinti, lU St., IC, ■IT. 

VTi-ite, !v!rs. Hazzard- 

Tho Lenox, t St., N. W. 

^^Vhite, Mrs, Katharine Gibson, 
i4x;3 2^ St St., N. W. 



Officors 
November 1912 

Mrs. Jane Jesup Kichol-^on 

Vico-Prcsi'-onts 
Vcs. Kate Kearny Hcrnry 

yrs. John S. Elidr 
Krs, Tary D^llc^s Strong 

Recording Secro-ttu}' 
^•Hrs Caroline Juwett Wood 

Corresponaing Sc;cieu.iy 
I/iss Iwargaretta L. Kazzard 

Registrar 
■.'rs. Noble Ne.vpoit Potts 

Treasurer 
>*isB Josephine C. WGb'=5ter 



Historian 
'iss I'tii V Alice Kennolds 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
Mrs. Jane Jesup Nicholson. 

Vice-Preside n ts. 
Mrs. Rose McHenry Brackett, 

Mrs. Kate Kearny Henry. 
Miss Nannie Randolph Heth. 

Recording Secretary. 
Mrs. Margaret Van Rensselaer Millsaps. 

Corresponding Secretary. 
Mrs. Caroline Jewett Wood. 

Registrar. 
Miss Susan Riviere Hetzel. 

Treasurer. 
Miss Josephine C. Webster. 

Historian. 
Miss Elise Morgan Johnson. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE FIRST, 

The name of this organization shall be The 
Guadalupe Club. Organized and located in 
the City of Washington, D. C. 

ARTICLE SECOND. 

Section i. To associate congenial women 
whose eligibility entitles them to membership 
in this Club. 

Sec. 2. To discover and preserve family 
records, otherwise unwritten and unknown re- 
lating to the Mexican War, and to teach rev- 
erent regard for names, history, character, and 
deeds of the patriots of that war, and to com- 
memorate events in its history. 

Sec. 3. To meet together for historical, mem- 
orial, and social purposes. 



ARTICLE THIRD. 

Membership. 

Section i. Wives, widows, sisters and lineal 
descendants of officers, regular and volunteer, 
of the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps, 
who served during the Mexican War in 1846- 
1848 prior to the ratification of the treaty 
of Guadalupe Hidalgo May 30, 1848. 

Sec. 2. Persons shall be admitted by invi- 
tation only and after investigation as to quali- 
fications for membership. 

Sec. 3. Election by ballot, three negative bal- 
lots shall reject applicants. 



ARTICLE FOURTH. 

Dues. 

Section i. Annual dues shall be one dollar, 
payable in advance to the Treasurer on or be- 
fore November fifteenth of each year. 

Sec. 2. Members in arrears for one year, 
after due notice from the Treasurer, shall be 
dropped. 

article fifth. 
OMcers. 

Section i. The officers shall be a President, 
three Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, 
Corresponding Secretary, Registrar, Treasurer, 
and Historian, who shall all serve two years. 

Sec. 2. Vacancies occurring may be filled by 
the Executive Committe, which consists of the 
active officers of the Club, 



ARTICLE SIXTH. 

Amendments. 

Section i. No alterations or amendments to 
this Constitution can be made from the date 
of its adoption, November 15, 1906, for two 
years thereafter, and before further alterations 
and amendments can be made a period of two 
years shall intervene, and all action must be 
ratified by a two-thirds vote of members pres- 
ent at annual business meeting. 

Sec. 2. Six months notice of any alterations 
and amendments shall be given. 

article seventh. 

Meetings — Washington City. 

Section i. Annual meetings (on February 
second, anniversary of signing the Treaty 
of Peace at Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 
1848), for social purposes only. 

Sec. 2. Regular monthly meetings on third 
Monday of each month at 7.30 p. m., Novem- 
ber to May. Special rneetings at the call of 
the President, or at v,^ritten request signed by 
five members. 

Sec. 3. Annual business meeting in Novem- 
ber, anniversary of organization. 

article eighth. 

Order of Business. 

1. Meeting called to order. 

2. Minutes of previous meeting. 

3. Reports of officers. 

4. Reports of Committees. 

5. Unfinished business. 

6. Election of candidates. 

7. New business. 

8. Adjournm.ent. 



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